Charles Brockden Brown Manuscripts and Correspondence, Including 37 Letters

Thirty-seven personal letters from novelist Charles Brockden Brown to his wife, Elizabeth Linn Brown, are included in this collection. The Charles Brockden Brown collection contains manuscript prose, poetry, mathematical calculations, notes, and architectural drawings by the American novelist, historian, and editor. Julianne Ballou contributed this collection to the Texas Data Repository, which was last updated on March 18, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyze personal correspondence patterns based on the 37 letters to his wife.
• Study the evolution of literary style based on manuscript prose and poetry pieces.
• Examine interdisciplinary interests based on the inclusion of mathematical calculations and architectural drawings.

Strengths

• Includes a specific collection of 37 personal letters, providing a focused primary source.
• Contains multiple data types: manuscript text, correspondence, and architectural drawings.
• Last update recorded as March 18, 2024, indicating recent metadata activity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and license information are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Texas Data Repository Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Collection of manuscript pieces and correspondence by the author.

Time Range

Late 18th to early 19th century (inferred from Charles Brockden Brown's lifespan: 1771-1810).

Freshness

Last updated 2024-03-18 07:32:19; freshness should be verified

Geography

United States (inferred from subject's nationality).